EIDM CONCEPT CLASS Flashcards
Quantitative research designs
identify, define, and measure factors that contribute to a disorder or disease, it examines the research among other factors or determine what is caused by something else
Randomized Control Trials
Quantitative research designs that compare two groups are used to answer questions about the effectiveness of prevention or therapy/ treatment
Strongest quantitative research design is a
RCT (randomized control trial)
Cohort Analytic Studies
provides weaker evidence to answer the questions about the effectiveness of prevention or treatment/therapy questions
CAS studies
- longitudinally comparing two groups
- Participants are not assigned through random allocation
CAS
A cohort analytic study may be more ethical, participants will be able to choose to use indoor tanning beds (experimental) or not to use indoor tanning beds (control). It would be hard to keep patients involved in the study and would cost a lot of money to go for a long time
case-control studies
- to answer the question before
- observational studies that begin by identifying participants who have the outcome of interest and participants w.o then looking back in time to see whether the participants had the risk factors or casual factors associated with the outcome
how is case control different
This is different than a RCT or cohort analytic study design where participants are selected to bein the study and followed forward prospectively in time to see if they develop the outcome
Which is the least rigorous study design to answer questions about
- The least rigorous study design to answer questions about the cause of a problem is a cross sectional study
Systematic Review
Synonymous with syntheses a research summary of all evidence that relates to a particular question
cohort studies
a study in which a group of people wjo do not have evidence of the outcome of interest but are exposed to the presumed cause are followed in time to see if they develop the outcome; there is no comparison group
- no random allocation
If your question is about
The effectiveness of a prevention or treatment/therapy interventions
Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
Cohort-Analytic Study
The cause/etiology of a problem/condition/disease
Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
Cohort-Analytic Study (for rare exposure with common outcome)
Case-Control Study (for rare outcome with common exposure)
Cross-Sectional Study
The course/prognosis of a problem/condition/disease/situation
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
case control
Useful for studying rare outcomes and common exposures
cohort study
Best quality of evidence for evaluating risk factorsand prognostic factors
Phenomenology
Questions about the Lived Experience
“what is the meaning”
“what is it like”
“what is the experience of”
Phenomenology
identifies participants who are living with the experience or have lived the experience in the past and then interviews or observes participants to identify themes to describe the meaning of the lived experience.
Ethnography
Study the meanings, patterns, norms, and values, that influence the experiences or patterns of behaviour of a defined cultural group in a holistic fashion to provide a description and interpretation of cultural behaviour.
culture
Culture can be defined as a specific ethnic population, but also as a society, a community, an organization, a spatial location, or a social world
An example can be the culture of “homeless youth”
grounded theory
questions about social processes
examples of grounded theory questions
How do obstetricians and gynecologists identify and intervene with patients who are victims of domestic violence?
How do individuals with type I diabetes describe and process chronic illness?
What is the process of recovery from substance abuse in a long-term residential therapeutic community?
How do families manage the experience of mental illness?
What are the beliefs and experiences of adolescents related to quitting smoking
What aspects of the hospital environment affect patients’ feelings about control and comfort?